STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1441

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  H.B. No. 1168
                                        H.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 1168, H.D. 1, entitled:

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE LIBRARY ENHANCED SERVICES
     PROGRAM,"


begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue the fees for the
public library's enhanced services program by extending the
repeal date of Act 327, Session Laws of Hawaii 1993, from July 1,
1999, to July 1, 2002.

     Your Committee finds that the enhanced service program,
which was started after the adoption of Act 327, has enabled
libraries to provide better service to the reading public.  The
fees collected are used for purchases that would have been
severely curtailed due to the current economic crisis in the
State.  A 1998 Auditor's report found the enhanced services
program has been successful and that library patrons support this
effort to provide quality service.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1168, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
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                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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